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MARVELS AND MYSTERIES
RICHARD MARSH
AUTHOR OF "FRIVOLITIES," ETC. ETC.
First Published .... February 1900
New and Cheaper Issue. 1903
CONTENTS
I. THE LONG ARM OF COINCIDENCE
The Portmanteau
The Portmanteau's Friends.
II. THE MASK
What Happened in the Train
Mary Brooker
The Secret of the Mask.
III. AN EXPERIENCE
Before Dinner
At Dinner.
IV. POURQUOIPAS
The Talking Horse
The Living Picture.
V. BY SUGGESTION
The Suggestion Sent
The Suggestion Arrives
The Ill-used Husband
The Penitent Wife.
VI. A SILENT WITNESS
The Living Death
The Conscious Corpse
The Coffin Breaks.
VII. TO BE USED AGAINST HIM
A Travelling Companion
The Haunted Man.
VIII. THE WORDS OF A LITTLE CHILD
The Mother and Daughter
The Father
The United Family
The Orphan.
IX. HOW HE PASSED
Mr. Stanbrough's Dream
Mr. Lansberg's Explanation.
MARVELS AND MYSTERIES
I.
THE LONG ARM OF COINCIDENCE
I. THE PORTMANTEAU
MR. BIDDER had a telegram in his hand. Here it is:
"Come up at once. Stone, Scotland Yard"
Mr. Bidder was the senior partner in the firm of Bidder, Tuxwell, and Harris, of Birkenhead. A confidential clerk one Raymond Hastie had been discovered in an extensive system of embezzlement. Mr. Hastie had disappeared, and with him some necessary books and a considerable sum in cash as well. The affair was in the hands of the police, and the above curt telegram had